OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411663

SWISS COLONY AKA SEVENTH AVE INC

CLINTON, IA· 2021-10-25T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Eye, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Hip, Leg, Lifeline, Order-picker, Pallet, Picking an order, Rib, Storage Rack, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle, Wrist
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345617989
Employer profile: SWISS COLONY AKA SEVENTH AVE INC
Summary number: 221411663
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee suffers multiple injuries in fall from order picker

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on October 2, 2021, an employee was using a Raymond, SSO-OPC30TT, Order Picker to reach the third level of shelving in a warehouse aisle. The employee had an empty pallet and was filling it with the order. The employee was wearing a harness but did not have it attached to the self-retracting lifeline. The lifeline was clipped to the tether bar from which it hung. The employee had placed one box on the pallet when he fell approximately 14.5 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured right leg, right hip, right wrist, left eye socket and ribs.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M

Event type
5

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